Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't really drink myself , but I keep it for guests . |
| 2 | ‘ I have a full staff here but I released them for the fiesta in Palma . |
| 3 | But I respect you for it . ’ |
| 4 | It 's wet through and 75% burnt but I kept it for you . " |
| 5 | But I thank You for giving me this sight of a life of Truth . |
| 6 | ‘ I had to coax two into it because they are not very experienced cook , but I chose them for that very reason , ’ he says . |
| 7 | ‘ It has emptied our account , but I got it for twelve hundred and fifty francs . |
| 8 | No , it was a farmer 's , and erm he did n't want to sell it , but I pursued him for nearly a year , and in the end he said that I could erm buy it and erm that 's when the project began . |
| 9 | In the darkness he said : ‘ I know nothing more than I have told you , but I blame myself for what happened . |
| 10 | ‘ Paul , carry some of these for me ; they would have delivered them , but I wanted them for tonight . ’ |
| 11 | " I know you come over a little shy when I talk about you this way , Chuck , but I do it for a good reason , " continued the senator , lighting a Havana cigar with elaborate care . |
| 12 | All the women who say , ‘ I spend £40 on a pair of La Perla panties , but I do it for myself , ’ are A-cups . |
| 13 | It was not at all my idea of pleasure , but I did it for Dana 's sake . |
| 14 | He said it 's my fault ; but I did it for the best . ’ |
| 15 | It was my own fault , I suppose , for not telling you the whole truth , but I did it for your sake , because I loved you so much ! ’ |
| 16 | Yes , but I did it for him fo , I I 've already done it for him once , I picked up exactly what he wanted , I delivered it to him and now he 's changed his mind and but I 'm not in the business to supply things , I 'm not a supp shop ! |
| 17 | Yeah but I want it for the men that 's going to alter the gas . |
| 18 | ‘ But I loved you for your art-because you were a wonderful actress , ’ he said . |
| 19 | You were so stubborn , but I loved you for it . ’ |
| 20 | Tough shit really , but I soften it for the sake of the delicacies of future interaction . |
| 21 | I was excited at the thought of finding fossils eight hundred miles from the sea , but I chastised myself for being so stupid . |
| 22 | I found it in a pawn shop and I was n't sure what it was , but I bought it for about 20 dollars . |
| 23 | Might deal with this present moment , but I need something for tomorrow , and the next day , and week next week , and next year . |
| 24 | You see we moan about paying three pound a pound for meat but you pay it for fish . |
| 25 | ‘ But you want me for more than one night . ’ |
| 26 | I , but you did it for |
| 27 | The photo was in there , too , but she left it for the time being . |
| 28 | I used to go and fetch the , the butter from do n't bring margarine my father used to say we put better stuff on our machines so er I used to go to for my father kept foul , I used to fetch a peck of , bushel of this and a bushel of , you know all the various things that , bran and stuff for the foul yes , yes and I believe a lady , she has , she 's only recently died and but she kept it for a long long while Elsie her name was . |
| 29 | She had not yet even recognised what it was , but she knew it for better worth than she had ever yet been given . |
| 30 | Claire says it 's always a challenge … you sometimes get cold … but she does it for enjoyment there 's no other reason |